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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
The Droid X Froyo update is now available, folks! Go to Settings>About phone>Check for updates, and it's all yours. It's a hefty 67.6-megabyte update, so pop on your Wifi and pop open a cold one...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
Now that your Droid X Android 2.2 update has arrived, it's time to get your Flash on. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 was included in the update, so you don't have to do anything. You can watch Flash v...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
(Twitter pre-update, left, and post-update, right)The official Android Twitter app -- cleverly named Twitter for Android -- just got another updated. There's no changelog just yet (it'll be here...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
Virgin Mobile has joined the wonderful world of Android, with the Samsung Intercept as its first device. The happy marriage was announced on Facebook, and no information was released on pricing...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 21, 2010
Here's a neat twist for folks using the Nexus One or Desire, MIUI -- a "from-source" ROM from a Chinese group that takes the best things from vanilla Froyo (Android 2.2), TouchWiz, and of al...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
Looks like the Droid X isn't the only Verizon phone about to be updated. There are some fixes coming down the pike for the Samsung Fascinate. No Froyo yet in version i500.DI01 (and no mention of that...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 21, 2010
Alright ladies and gents, this one's something you have to check out -- the newest iteration of Twidroyd (formerly Twidroid) brings Live Preview to Android. It looks and acts very much like...
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by Adam Sawyer
Sep 21, 2010
Gmail just got an update to add some of those cool UI improvements -- and it's been moved into the Android Market. This means that from now on, you won’t have to wait for system updates t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
The Motorola Droid X officially will get its Android 2.2 update starting Wednesday, according to a note Verizon just dropped in our inbox. Here's the word:
Verizon Wireless will begin pushing And...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 21, 2010
It sure seems as though Logitech is taking a rather out of the box approach to market the Revue -- its Google TV set-top box. A rather creepy ad was released late last month, and near...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
AT&T is pushing out an update for the Samsung Captivate -- its version of the Galaxy S -- as noted by SlappyMcgee in the Android Central Forums. The 12MB update takes the phone to version I8...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
We're still waiting on T-Mobile to give us a firm date on available of the G2. But in the meantime, we tease you with this shot of the Best Buy Buyer's guide. (It's tucked in there with the quorum of...
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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 21, 2010
What do you get when you take an application we’ve all fallen back in love with (since the Skype gaffe) and add worldwide calling for mere pennies? You get Fring’s brand-new, fringOut ser...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
Might the wait for the Droid X to officially get Android 2.2 finally be over? Verizon has updated its update pdf (which you see here), so we may finally (finally!) be close, folks. There's noth...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 21, 2010
Samsung is bringing the Galaxy S to Cellular South, this much we've known for a while. The regional carrier now has a teaser page, but we're still eagerly awaiting a launch date. This version of Samsu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 21, 2010
UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) for Android looks to be right around the corner (never mind what T-Mobile said), thanks to Kineto's Smart WiFi. You folks using T-Mobile, Rogers, British Telecom a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
It's not often that a smartphone gets all the way into testers' hands and in-store marketing materials are printed up, only to see the device killed off before ever making a sale. But that may b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
It was just a week ago that LG announced the Optimus One and the Optimus Chic, and it looks like the former might be headed to Verizon as the Vortex. That's according to this image handed to the Droid...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2010
Adobe AIR for Android should go live on the Android Market on Oct. 8, according to a tip posted in the Android Central Forums by aquakevem, and developers will be able to upload their apps as soo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 20, 2010
Adobe has patched a critical security flaw in Flash Player 10.1, closing a gap that could have allowed an attacked to gain access to your phone. Version 10.1.95.1 fixes the following:A critical ...
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by Android Central
Sep 20, 2010
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer, and the discussion in the Android Central Forums is cranking up. Here's what's on your minds:The wait for the Droid X to get Froyo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2010
From the department of news nobody wanted to hear -- the HTC Lexikon RUU has been extracted, and it's been Binged. The image above says it all, the full suite of bing products, and no Googl...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 20, 2010
Remember when it broke that Sony might be working on a Playstation-branded Android 3.0 gaming phone? Well, it seems now that Sony is actively seeking game developers with Android experience, as ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 20, 2010
Google has begun rolling out much-improved account security features for its Google Apps Premiere, Education, and Government customers. The system features the standard "username and passw...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 20, 2010
Sure, activating 200,000 phones per day is great, but what really matters at the end of the day is how many of your devices are in the hands of consumers. Well, new numbers have come out from C...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 20, 2010
When last we saw the HTC Lexikon, it was just a smattering of rumored specs. Now we have a leaked ROM to go with it, courtesy of some good old-fashioned Chinese file dumps. Funny thing about th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2010
While some may spend their weekends lounging poolside or at toddler birthday parties, some sit and hack. We're glad in this case, as Cory (our Android Central Forums admin) found something that ...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 20, 2010
With how much personal data is stored on our Android devices now a days it is only natural to have a fear of misplacing or losing the device and all that information leaking into someone else's hands,...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 20, 2010
A result of Android's enormous popularity is the increase in books dedicated to the OS. Two that we want to highlight at the moment are The Complete Android Guide, by Kevin Purdy of Lifehacker and My ...
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by afazel
Sep 20, 2010
Sprint has turned the 4G switch on in Orlando today, bringing the number of cities in Florida with 4G service to three. (Though none of which are where our dear leader Phil, lives. Just sayin'.)...
